Halsey (3) - Week Of January 26, 2019

Welcome back to another boring week. There was barely any motion. Now, let's get to our only exit.

• Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#44)

Last Week's #1 Song: Halsey – Without Me

The Countdown:

45. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#45)

44. Little Mix/Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me (#35)

43. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#41)

42. Jennifer Lopez – Limitless (#42)

41. Steve Aoki/BTS – Waste It On Me (#38)

40. Lauv/Julia Michaels – There's No Way (#39)

39. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess (#37)

38. George Ezra – Shotgun (#43)

37. Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity (#40)

36. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#36)

35. Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris – I Found You (DEBUT)

34. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#34)

33. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#33)

32. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (#32)

31. Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#27)

30. lovelytheband – Broken (#30)

29. Alessia Cara – Trust My Lonely (#31)

28. James Arthur – Empty Space (#26)

27. Ariana Grande – Breathin' (#20)

26. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#24)

25. Camila Cabello – Consequences (#29)

24. The Struts/Kesha – Body Talks (#28)

23. Lauren Jauregui – Expectations (#23)

22. Khalid – Better (#21)

21. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#18)

20. Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life (#25)

19. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#22)

18. David Guetta/Anne-Marie – Don't Leave Me Alone (#15)

17. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine (#16)

16. Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower (#19)

15. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#17)

14. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies (#5)

13. Imagine Dragons – Machine (#14)

12. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#11)

11. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#8)

10. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#7)

9. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#10)

8. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#9)

7. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#12)

6. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside (#13)

5. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (#6)

4. Marshmello/BΔSTILLE – Happier (#4)

3. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#2)

2. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#3)

1. Halsey – Without Me (#1)

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Imagine Dragons – Thunder (5)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Tie between Little Mix/Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me and Khalid/Normani – Love Lies (–9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside (+7)

New Entrants:

Our lone new entrant comes from Benny Blanco and Calvin Harris. They produce a song called I Found You. I’ll have to admit, it’s not as good as Eastside though, but it’s still tolerable. As I’m losing interest in Eastside, I’m gaining interest in this song. Let’s see how well it’ll do here.

HitBound:

• Lauren Daigle – You Say
• Jake Miller – Wait For You
• Post Malone – Wow.
• Dean Lewis – Be Alright
• Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me
• Seeb/BΔSTILLE – Grip
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I'm Afraid
• Pitbull/Rhea – Ocean To Ocean
• Avril Lavigne – Tell Me It's Over
• Gesaffelstein/The Weeknd – Lost In The Fire
• Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More
• Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (DEBUT)
• Stephen Puth – Sexual Vibe
• Travis Scott/Drake – Sicko Mode
• Charli XCX/Troye Sivan – 1999

Dancing With A Stranger is far better than Pray and it better debut soon.

Top 5 HitBound:

1. Charli XCX - Troye Sivan - 1999
2. Sam Smith/Normani - Dancing With A Stranger
3. Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me
4. Avril Lavigne - Tell Me It’s Over
5. Gesaffelstein/The Weeknd – Lost In The Fire

YouTube 15:

I decided to do a YouTube 15 post this week so here it is.

• Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower
• The Chainsmokers/Winona Oak – Hope
• LSD/Lil' Wayne – Genius (Remix)
• Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You
• Calvin Harris/Rag'N'Bone Man – Giant
• Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
• Maren Morris – Girl
• Halsey – Without Me
• Clean Bandit/Marina And The Diamonds/Luis Fonsi – Baby
• Marshmello/BΔSTILLE – Happier
• Why Don't We – Big Plans
• Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
• Alan Walker/Au/Ra/Tomine Harket – Darkside
• Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside
• Becky G – LBD

I Blurbed You:

When I thought that Shawn Mendes - In My Blood was going to leave this week, I was wrong. I’m glad it didn’t. Stay as long as you like.

Ariana Grande - Breathin’ is slowly fading away on me.

Halsey - Without Me got annoying rather quick. It was definitely because of the overplay and then song hitting #1 for 3 straight weeks.

Whoever that put Dan + Shay - Tequila in the top 10 seriously needs to stop. This song is definitely getting less interesting each listen. It still irritates me that this song just became popular.

Speak of songs entering the top 10, Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside re entered the top 10 by having the biggest jump up 7 spots. It should be time for this song to be on its way out.

I really wish that Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely jumped more than 2 spots.

Silk City/Dua Lipa - Electricity has seriously been more of a countdown filler than a hit. I mean, why just let this song go.

TBH, we really need to have 6 or 7 exits like next week to spice things up. There’s songs that have been refusing to leave like Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You, Panic! At The Disco, Say Amen, etc. Also, there’s barely any bad songs on HitBound.

I honestly see Camila Cabello - Consequences being a flop here. Why won’t this song be as successful as Havana or Never Be The Same? Oh well.

It was about time that Khalid/Normani - Love Lies had the biggest drop.

Most Missed Song: Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit

Throwback Pick: The Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part (2009)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Ariana Grande - 7 Rings

#1 Recommendation For You: Charli XCX/Troye Sivan - 1999

Top 20 Review:

-1 - Worst Song:

20. Imagine Dragons - Machine

0 - Crap:

19. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine

18. Halsey - Without Me

1 - Bad:

17. Dan + Shay - Speechless

16. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

15. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

2 - Mediocre:

14. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies

13. Marshmello/BΔSTILLE – Happier

12. Dan + Shay - Tequila

3 - Decent: 

11. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside

4 - Good:

NONE

5 - Great

10. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

9. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me

8. Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower

7. David Guetta/Anne-Marie – Don't Leave Me Alone

6. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It

5. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

4. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next

3. Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life

2. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly

6 - Best Song:

1. Anne-Marie – 2002

Total: 63/100

Top 5 Picks:

1. TIE: Anne Marie - 2002
2. TIE: Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess
3. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly
4. Camila Cabello - Consequences
5. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

Bottom 5 Picks:

1. Imagine Dragons - Machine
2. Lauv/Julia Michaels - There’s No Way
3. George Ezra - Shotgun
4. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine
5. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You

Halsey (2) - Week Of January 19, 2019

One thing that I do not want for on Hits 1 is to be like 2016. Now let's get into the exits.

• The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren – Side Effects (#38)
• Olly Murs – Moves (#39)

Last Week's #1 Song: Halsey – Without Me

The Countdown:

45. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#45)

44. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#44)

43. George Ezra – Shotgun (#43)

42. Jennifer Lopez – Limitless (DEBUT)

41. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#41)

40. Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity (#40)

39. Lauv/Julia Michaels – There's No Way (#31)

38. Steve Aoki/BTS – Waste It On Me (#42)

37. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess (#36)

36. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#37)

35. Little Mix/Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me (#34)

34. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#35)

33. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#32)

32. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (#29)
31. Alessia Cara – Trust My Lonely (DEBUT)

30. lovelytheband – Broken (#24)

29. Camila Cabello – Consequences (#26)

28. The Struts/Kesha – Body Talks (#10)

27. Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#25)

26. James Arthur – Empty Space (#22)

25. Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life (#30)

24. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#8)

23. Lauren Jauregui – Expectations (#23)

22. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#33)

21. Khalid – Better (#28)

20. Ariana Grande – Breathin' (#19)

19. Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower (#11)

18. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#16)

17. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#13)

16. Twenty One Pilots– Chlorine (#20)

15. David Guetta/Anne-Marie – Don't Leave Me Alone (#15)

14. Imagine Dragons – Machine (#27)

13. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside (#17)

12. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#18)

11. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#21)

10. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#12)

9. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#9)

8. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#14)

7. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#7)

6. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (#5)

5. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies (#6)

4. Marshmello/Bastille– Happier (#4)

3. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#3)

2. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#2)

1. Halsey – Without Me (#1)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks (-18)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Imagine Dragons - Machine (+13)

New Entrants:

TBH, I did not expect Limitless to debut this week. I’ve gotta say that Jennifer cannot sing in this song. I can understand the hate though. I mean it’s not terrible but the song it’s mediocre at best. It may grow on me but for now, it’s just bad.

Trust My Lonely is by far Alessia’s best song. It do not get all the hate this song gives. It’s way too overhated and it’s just too good to be that way. People that like Here, dislike this song and Here was a very mediocre song. Let’s hope it does well here.

HitBound:

Charli XCX/Troye Sivan - 1999

Gesaffelstein/The Weeknd - Lost In The Fire (DEBUT)

Dean Lewis - Be Alright

Seeb/Bastille - Grip

Stephen Puth - Sexual Vibe

Kelsea Ballerini - Miss Me More

Lauren Daigle - You Say

Jake Miller - Wait For You (DEBUT)

Post Malone - Wow.

Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me

lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid

Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris - I Found You

Pitbull/Rhea - Ocean To Ocean

Avril Lavigne - Tell Me It's Over

Both of the HitBound entrants are great and hopefully, they'll debut on the countdown soon.

Top 5 HitBound:

1. Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me

2. Charli XCX/Troye Sivan - 1999

3. Avril Lavigne - Tell Me It'd Over

4. Gesaffelstein/The Weeknd - Lost In The Fire

5. Dean Lewis - Be Alright

Trust My Blurbey:

Are you fucking serious right now? Machine up 13 spots to the top 20? Words cannot describe how annoying that is. This is the reason why it's in orange this week instead of Shotgun.

As you may have noticed, I've grown into Woman Like Me. I actually find Little Mix more of a better band nowadays.

How is Halsey - Without Me in the top spot even okay?

Hits 1, please do not let The Middle last a year. It only has 2 weeks to go and gosh if this lasts a year, I will be pissed. This song is really really old.

Hits 1 is ahead of the other countdowns. Twenty One Pilots - My Blood is a breakout this week on the AT40 and it left last week here.

5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood and Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes still being in the top 10 is extremely ridiculous. Who the hell still listens to these songs? Both of them should be on their way out of the countdown now.

Ariana Grande has released a new single the other day called 7 Rings and TBH, I did not expect to see so much hate on it. This song is my new favorite song right now. And even Adrian said that I wasn't even going to like it. Ariana has a pretty unique voice in the song. Now, let's hope it'll debut here soon.

Thank God we may not see There's No Way for much longer.

Imagine Dragons - Natural is losing popularity everywhere else but it's still here. It looks like it's on it's way off the countdown.

I'm really sad that Shawn Mendes - In My Blood is most likely going to leave next week. It had a great time here. I cannot get sick of it.

Most Missed Song: Lady Gaga - G.U.Y.

Throwback Pick: Coldplay - Viva La Vida (2008)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Ariana Grande - 7 Rings

Recommended Song To Hit #1: Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely

Recommended Song To Leave Next Week: Lauv/Julia Michaels - There's No Way

#1 Recommendation For You: Sabrina Carpenter - Sue Me

Recommended HitBound Dropout: Pitbull/Rhea - Ocean To Ocean

Top 20 Review:

-1-Worst Song On The Countdown:

20. Imagine Dragons - Machine

0-Crap:

19. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine

1-Bad:

18. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

17. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

2-Mediocre:

16. Halsey - Without Me

15. Khalid/Normandi - Love Lies

14. Dan + Shay - Tequila

13. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier

3-Decent:

12. Imagine Dragons - Natural

4-Good:

11. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside

5-Great:

10. Post Malone/Swae Lee - Sunflower

9. Arirna Grande - Breathin'

8. David Guetta - Anna-Marie - Don't Leave Me Alone

7. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

6. Ellie Goulding/Swae Lee/Diplo - Close To Me

5. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It

4. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next

3. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

2. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly

1. Anne-Marie – 2002

Total Score: 66/100

Top 5 Picks:

1. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess

2. Anne-Marie - 2002
3. Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely
4. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
5. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

Bottom 5 Picks:
1. Imagine Dragons - Machine
2. George Ezra - Shotgun
3. Lauv/Julia Michaels - There's No Way
4. Twenty One Pilots - Chlorine
5. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You

Halsey (1) - Week Of January 12, 2019

I have a feeling that Hits 1 is keeping the songs that I want for once. However they'll have to leave eventually. Now, here's this week's exits.

• Shawn Mendes – Nervous (#31)
• Bazzi/Camila Cabello – Beautiful (#41)
• Twenty One Pilots – My Blood (#42)
• NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

The Countdown

45. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#44) [2 Weeks At #1]

44. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#43) [9 Weeks At #1]

43. George Ezra – Shotgun (#40)

42. Steve Aoki/BTS – Waste It On Me (#37)

41. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (#38)

40. Silk City/Dua Lipa – Electricity (#32)

39. Olly Murs – Moves (#21)

38. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren – Side Effects (#39)

37. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#35) [4 Weeks At #1]

36. Bebe Rexha – I'm A Mess (#36)

35. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#33)

34. Little Mix/Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me (#26)

33. Dan + Shay – Speechless (DEBUT)

32. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#30)

31. Lauv/Julia Michaels – There's No Way (#27)

30. Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life (DEBUT)

29. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (#29)

28. Khalid – Better (DEBUT)

27. Imagine Dragons – Machine (DEBUT)

26. Camila Cabello – Consequences (#16)

25. Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (#34)

24. lovelytheband – Broken (#19)

23. Lauren Jauregui – Expectations (#22)

22. James Arthur – Empty Space (#25)

21. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#20)

20. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#23)

19. Ariana Grande – Breathin (#14)

18. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#13)
17. Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside (#18)

16. Imagine Dragons – Natural (#15) [1 Week At #1]

15. David Guetta/Anne-Marie – Don't Leave Me Alone (#24)

14. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#17)

13. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#28)

12. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#11)

11. Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower (#12)

10. The Struts/Kesha – Body Talks (#9)
  9. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (#6)

  8. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#7) [2 Weeks At #1]

  7. Anne-Marie – 2002 (#8)

  6. Khalid/Normani – Love Lies (#10)

  5. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (#5) [5 Weeks At #1]

  4. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#4) [2 Weeks At #1]

  3. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#2) [8 Weeks At #1]

  2. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#1) [4 Weeks At #1]

  1. Halsey – Without Me (#3) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Ed Sheeran – Perfect (2)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Olly Murs – Moves (–18)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (+15)

New Entrants:

Oh my gosh. Imagine Dragons is bad but has produced a song worse than all heir other songs. I cannot stand Dan Reynolds yelling one bit. It doesn’t look like a song in my opinion. They should’ve picked up Bad Liar instead of this piece of crap.

Dan + Shay are proven to not be a good duo with their song, Speechless. The production is lame. I’m also not a fan of generic country music. Tequila is far better than this.

Yes I do find Better more interesting now. Khalid isn’t a very bad singer. I’m actually now starting to like more and more rap music. This song is no exception. It doesn’t reach the height of Love Lies, unfortunately but it’s still tolerable. It won’t be too long before I get sick of it.

For the best debut, Zara Larsson is here with Ruin My Life. It’s a great song. Zara is a really good singer and all and she is just like a Goddess when she hits those notes. Many of us would listen to her music. This song better not flop like Never Forget You. But because it’s Zara, it will probably flop anyway.

• Post Malone – Wow (DEBUT)
• Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me (DEBUT)
• lovelytheband – Maybe, I'm Afraid
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Killer Queen
• Charli XCX/Troye Sivan – 1999
• Seeb/Bastille – Grip
• Kelsea Ballerini – Miss Me More (DEBUT)
• Benny Blanco/Calvin Harris – I Found You
• Avril Lavigne – Tell Me It's Over
• Pitbull/Rhea – Ocean To Ocean
• Dean Lewis – Be Alright
• Stephen Puth – Sexual Vibe
• Alessia Cara – Trust My Lonely
• Lauren Daigle – You Say

I’m actually very upset that Wow is just not as good as Sunflower. Sue Me is my favorite entrant this week. And Miss Me More is one of the better country songs I would like to here.

Blurber:

Yes, Without Me skipped all the way from a blue song to being a pink song. I was #1 on most of the Wutchuwant Countdowns this week so no surprise that it’s #1.

I honestly cannot believe that Shotgun is still here.

I really don’t want Zedd/Madden Morris to last a year. This is one of his more generic songs. This song should leave next week.

Moves having the biggest drop was very unexpected. I seriously thought that this song isn’t going to last this short on the countdown but now it probably will.

I do not see Thank U, Next as a #1 song, unfortunately.

Why do people think that Alec Benjamin can’t sing? He sings beautifully and I really like his voice. The production in Let Me Down Slowly is catchy and he’s a very good music producer with great vocals.

We’ve had no major activity so far this year. This is the 2nd week in a row without any top 10 or top 5 entrants.

It doesn’t look like - lovelytheband - Broken is going to stay with us much longer.

Why is I’m A Mess flopping? This song is better than Meant To Be. Please let it have more of as long of a tenure.

Imagine Dragons - Natural is losing popularity but it’s still in the top 20 here.

Speaking of songs flopping, Ariana Grande - Breathin’ isn’t doing as well here. Please do not let this be another Ariana Grande flop.

Most Missed Countdown Song: Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls

Top 5 Picks:

1. Bebe Rexha - I’m A Mess
2. Anne-Marie - 2002
3. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
4. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
5. Camila Cabello - Consequences

Top 20 Review:

0-Crap: 

NONE

1-Bad:

Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine

Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood

2-Mediocre:

Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones

Khalid/Normani – Love Lies

Halsey – Without Me

Dan + Shay – Tequila

The Struts/Kesha – Body Talks

3-Decent:

NONE

4-Good:

Marshmello/Bastille – Happier

Imagine Dragons – Natural

5-Great:

Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It

David Guetta/Anne-Marie – Don't Leave Me Alone

Post Malone/Swae Lee – Sunflower

Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid – Eastside

The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling

Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

Ariana Grande – Breathin

Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly

Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next

Anne-Marie – 2002

Total Score: 71/100